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  1. I wouldn’t worry about it. I changed my reporting office from Bangkok to Phuket ( bangkok doesn’t require the letter) and found out that Phuket requires the letter the day I went in to renew my extension of stay. They emailed the letter while I was at immigration and no issue. The next time I renewed I let them know 5 days ahead of time and I got the email a couple of days later.
  2. BTW you are still going to have to get an engineer to do the foundation. An international architect can give you the full plans you may need to get a local engineer to certify the foundation. Also if you want somebody to source materials etc and oversee the build you need to hire a foreman or a project manager. When I did my house in Hua Hin I hired a retired expat who had previously worked in the building trade. Not hard to find but hard to find a good one.
  3. I’m currently buying an unfinished house and completely changing the floor plans. I used a web based service called upwork to find freelance architects and it’s pretty good. I am using an architect in Arminia and one in Ukraine. They charge $30 per hour and $25 per hour respectively. The lady in Arminia is good she has a PHD in architecture and I think she has worked on historical buildings although she has more modern buildings in her portfolio. The upwork app does all the monitoring and billing and limits the working hours to 40 per week and in her case her first week she worked 14 hours. If you know what you want you can send them pictures and measurements of the plot ( and some inspiration pics ) and a hand sketch then you work with them to refine what they produce. As far as using the plans for approval in Thailand I think you may have to get the cad files and have a local draftsman translate them but I don’t know the area you are in and the requirements as a lot of places in Thailand don’t need serious plans. The local land office would have somebody to take your plans and make them compliant for a small fee. I have used Thai architects and designers for several condo renovations in bangkok ( which is more expensive than countryside) and they usually want to charge a % or 500k plus. Depending on how long I use these ones on upwork I’ll spend between $1000, to $2000 each. I think for an entire house you may need to budget 3-5k but it really depends on how much you time you want to spend on it. Check out upwork sand search for architect house plans or something like that. If you want the name of my Arminian architect ( she seems the better of the 2 i’m using ) then PM me. Good luck.
  4. Did a half day boat cruise 2 weeks ago from Chalong.. there were 20 people on the boat of which 11 were from sandbox.
  5. I wont go into the plot but If you like clever and intriguing movies then I would recommend “The Man From Earth “ a 2007 movie that really draws you in and makes you think. for some it may be the most interesting movie you’ve watched in a long time, for others Bleh nothing special.
  6. I think it’s more disgust than offense, the embassy staff are all vaccinated, so it’s their version of “let them eat cake “ or in this case Aussie deserts. Maybe rather than copying Marie-Antoinette they should be copying the French ambassador who procured vaccines for all the French citizens in Thailand.
  7. A lot ( but not all) of the land in Pratumwan is owned by the crown property bureau so it’s all 50 year leasehold. You will see some condos in Rajdamri which look super cheap but it’s because they have less years on the lease yet to run. You are better off looking in lower Sukhumvit where you can find older buildings that sell from 70-90k per sqm
  8. It’s not always that Thai’s like to buy new, a lot of it is that they are forced to buy new due to the lending practices. If you buy a condo or house from the developer a bank will loan 90% of the price. If you buy 2’nd hand they will loan 50-60% of the price. Add to that you have developer financing where you get 3 years or more to pay the 10% deposit. Same goes for cars, banks and finance companies will loan 90-95% on a new but only around 50% maybe 60% on a second hand car depending on how old it is. Then you have to factor in demand and as the demand pool for condos that you only have to pay a 10% deposit eclipses the demand for condos that you have to pay a 40% or 50% deposit so the people wanting to sell a 2’nd hand condo have further drop selling prices to make their condo more attractive to the buyer.
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